MYCELIUM+TIMBER

The Mycelium furniture collection is the result of the collaboration between the furniture designer and maker Sebastian Cox and design strategist, thinker Ninela Ivanova.

Mycelium+Timber is a collection of pieces of grown furniture, a series of stools and lights, made using freshly cut wood waste from Sebastian’s woodland which has been myceliated with the species Fomes fomentarius. Each piece is created by the mycelium as it grows and binds the green wood waste together around purpose made frames to form lightweight, incredibly strong and completely compostable pieces of design.

This remarkable material relationship between wood and fungus is a naturally occurring one which spans the ages. Through extensive research and experimentation, Sebastian and Ninela have identified the mycelium species, Fomes fomentarius, works most effectively with coppiced hazel and goat willow; two species of British wood currently without an economically valuable use and often considered as waste. They have taken this perfect pairing and intelligently applied the symbiotic relationship to contemporary furniture.

 

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